Covering Sudan/Covering Up Sudan
Featuring journalists Ism’ail Kushkush and Raghdan Orsud. Even as Sudan enters the 4th year of devastating war, media coverage remains abysmal. Madhuri Sastry and Bhakti Shringarpure speak to two Suda...
17 Mai 1h 6min
The October 7th Narrative and the Unmasking of Mainstream Media
Madhuri Sastry and Bhakti Shringarpure speaking with guest Robin Andersen, author of The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. (OR Books, 2025). They discuss why the media fr...
7 Mai 55min
Good Wife, Bad Wife: Jackie, Diana, Michelle, Meghan, Rama, Melania
Whether its adoration or demonization, why is the media obsessed with the wives? Madhuri Sastry and Bhakti Shringarpure unpack the ways in which first wives, first ladies or duchesses are always under...
21 Apr 54min
Iran, Lebanon and the Fog of War: From Media Gaslighting to AI and LEGO Propaganda
Bhakti Shringarpure and Madhuri Sastry discuss the acute escalation in US-Israeli wars in Lebanon and Iran. The mainstream media barely reports on the shocking death toll and numbers of displaced in L...
28 Mar 51min
Backtracking on Palestine? Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Party Playbook
Palestinian American activist Nerdeen Kiswani joins Bhakti Shringarpure and Madhuri Sastry to discuss the recent concerns about NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani backtracking on Palestine. In light of Mayor Ma...
19 Mar 52min
Are The Oscar Films Too Political This Year?
Bhakti Shringarpure and Madhuri Sastry host a pre-Oscars film club. They admit that there have been lots of surprises in the mainstream blockbuster film industry this year. The discussion focused on f...
14 Mar 1h 13min
On Media Gaslighting: Bombing Iran, Starving Gaza, Killing Children & Saving Muslim Women
Suchitra, Madhuri and Bhakti unpack Western media propaganda about Iran as the war escalates and the death toll mounts in Iran and Lebanon.
4 Mar 58min
